Abure language

Abure
Abure
Native to	Ivory Coast
Native speakers	93,000 (2017)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Kwa Potou–Tano Tano West Abure; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	abu
Glottolog	abur1243
	Abure
	Coordinates: 5°13′0″N 3°38′0″W / 5.21667°N 3.63333°W

Abure (Aboulé), also known as Abonwa or Akaplass, is a Tano language (Kwa, Niger–Congo) spoken near Abidjan in Ivory Coast.

Phonology

Abure consonants^[2]
	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal	Labiovelar
Plosive	p b		t d	c ɟ	k		kp gb
Nasal	m		n	ɲ	ŋ
Fricative		f v	s			h
Approximant				j
Lateral approximant			l				w

Abure vowels^[2]
	Front	Near-front	Near-back	Back
Close	i ĩ			u ũ
Near-close		ɪ ɪ̃	ʊ ʊ̃
Close-mid	e			o
Open-mid	ɛ			ɔ
Open	a ã

There are four tones: high, low, rising, and falling.

^ Abure at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ ^a ^b Gauthier, B. (1971). Analyse phonologique de l'abouré. Universite d'abidjan.

Authority control databases
National	Israel
Other	IdRef